Horse-collar.



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A. G. CUCH.

' HORSE COLLAR.

(Application led June 2, 1900.)

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UNITED t STATES PATENT Ormea. n.

ANDREW GEO. COUOH, OF EASTPOINT, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE COUCH BROTHERS da J. J. EAGAN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 672,976, dated April 30, 1901.

Application led June 2, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANDREW GEO. OOUCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eastpoint, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Horse-Oollars,of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to the manufacture of horse-collars, and especially to the character of casings and the mode of making the same from a single strip of material without cutting or gores and of the desired curved form, as fully set forth hereinafter andas illustrated' in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing one section of a horse-collar made from my improved casing. Fig. 2 is a View showing the manner in which a single strip is folded, formed, and united at the edges in the manufacture of the casing. Fig. 3 is a View showing the following step or process of manufacture. Fig. 4 is a View illustrating the position of the parts after the outer folds and other portions of the strip have been sewed by a seam passing through the edge of the outer fold. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 4, before the casinghas been turned. Fig. 6 is a section showing the position of the parts after the casing rhas been turned inside out. Fig. 7 isa View in section of the parts after being stuffed.

The two casings A of the collar are alike, and each consists of a single piece of fabric folded upon itself, so as to form the straight folded edge l, and rounded near one end and contracted toward the other, as shown. The overlying edges of this piece are sewed-together along the line an, extending from the contracted end to and partly along the rounded end, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper portion of the strip thus folded and sewed is then drawn toward the stitching Qc, so as to carry the line of fold from the line l, Fig. 2, to the position of the line 2, Fig. .2, thus forming a fold 3 of the surplus material, and the strip is then basted along the line y, Fig. 3, and the fold 3 is laid with its edge upon this basted line, and a line of stitches o is then run through the fold 3, adjacent to the edge there- Serial No. 18,893. (No model.)

of, and through the underlying parts of the material, following the basted line y. By thus forming the fold 3 and stitching it along the line y, as described,kthere is also formed a fold 4 of substantially uniform width, the line of stitching o being parallel to the edge of the fold 4 and passing through the fold 3 near the edge and through the material beneath, as shown in Fig. 5. As the lower por- 6o tionof the strip is curved and as it is desired to impart a like curve to the fold 4, this result is secured by puckering the fold of the edge 3,

as indicated i'n Figs. 3 and 4. y After these operations the bag or. casing thus formed is turned inside out, thus bringing the fold 4 to the outside and carrying to the inside that portion forming an infold 5 of the casing between the straight edge 2 and the line of stitching o, and the seam 0c is alsocarried in- 7o side of the casing, as shown in Fig. 6. By this means a casing is formedV consisting of two parts A B, the part A being the largest, contracted at each end and greatest in diameter at a point above the lower end, while the part B is of substantially uniform diameter. These two parts are now suitably stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, so as to form two connected cushions, the cushion B being cylindrical and of substantially uni- 8o form diameter and the cushion A being largest near the lower end, but contracted at both ends, as'required in a section of the horsecollar.

In the act of stuffing the partA of the casing the infolded portion 5 will be forced down against the inner side of the outer portion of the casing, and will thus present a greater thickness at the point in the collar which the hames bear upon, so that if the outer part of 9o the casing should wear away the integrity of the casing is still retained and the packing is not exposed.

It will be seen that by the method of manufacture above set forth the casing is made of asingle piece of fabric, notl only avoiding the waste which comes from cutting the separate sections of dierent shape and the necessity of sewing them together, but also avoiding the weakness resulting from seams, injury :on from ripping,and insuring much greater durability.

The puckering of the fold 3 is an important feature in connection with this mode of manufacture, as by this means it is possible to impart any desired contour to the cushionpiece A, and yet preserve the uniform diameter of the bearing-roll B, and gives to the latter the desired curve and set, so that it is maintained in a position to prevent the haines from leaving the collar in backing or in holding back in going down hills.

Two casings of reverse curvatures stued as above described may be connected together either at the bottom or the top.

The strip from which the casing is made may be of canvas or any other suitable material, and the casing may be protected from wear b v overlays of leather, as required, at any desired points.

While I have referred to the line of basting y and while this serves to retain the parts of the strip in position after drawing up the fold 3, it is not absolutely necessary to use the same, and the proper line upon which to lay and sew the fold 3 may be indicatedv by pencil-line.

Without limiting myself to the precise steps or form and arrangement shown and de.- scribed, I claim as my inventionl. A casing for a section of a horse-collar consisting of a single strip of material folded upon itself and inturned and united at the edges, divided by a curved line of stitching o, into two unequal parts A, B, the part A of varying width, the material being puckered adjacent to the lower portion of the line fu and to the widest portion of the part A, to im part a curved form to the casing when stued, substantially as set forth.

2. A casing for a section of a horse-collar consisting of a single strip of material folded upon itself and united by stitching at the edges along the line so, and at n, forming a larger portion A tapering toward the ends and a smaller cylindrical portion, and having an infolded portion within the portion A; the line of stitching at v, passing through the base 0f the infold and through the adjacent portions of the casing, substantially as set forth.

3. A horse-collar provided with casings each consisting of a single strip of material folded upon itself and united at the edges and having an infold 5 and a securing-seam o, the infoldj lying against that portion of the casing subject to the wear of the hame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification iu the presence of two su bscribing witnesses.

ANDREV GEO. COUCH.

Witnesses: y

A. C. REEVES, O. FREEMAN. 

